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Funairi-chō, Nagoya
Funairi-chō (船入町) is a historic neighbourhood located in the Nakamura ward of Nagoya, central Japan. It was one of the merchant areas, located close to the Hori Canal and south of Nagoya Castle. The translation means a "ship entering town". It was an area of trade and commerce. Houses were in the ''machiya'' style, with the commercial area downstairs, and the family living in the back and upstairs. The area was heavily damaged during the bombing of Nagoya in World War II, with a large number of merchant houses destroyed and persons perished. One of the traditional merchant ''machiya'' houses that survived from there is the Tōmatsu House (東松家住宅 , ''Tōmatsu-ka jūtaku''), which was constructed in 1901 and was located next to Tenmahashi bridge (伝馬橋) and relocated to the Meiji-mura museum in the 1960s. It has been designated by the government as an Important Cultural Property. Bordering north of Funairi-chō along the canal is the Shikemichi Shike-michi ( ...
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Nakamura-ku, Nagoya
is one of the 16 wards of Nagoya, Japan. As of October 1, 2019, the ward has an estimated population of 135,134 and a population density of 8,290 persons per km². The total area is 16.30 km². History Nakamura Ward is famous as the birthplace of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. One of the merchant areas is called Funairi-chō, which is close to the Hori Canal. The area was heavily damaged during the bombing of Nagoya in World War II. One of the houses that was saved from there is the Tōmatsu House. The modern ward was officially established on . Places JR Nagoya Station, Meitetsu Nagoya Station and Kintetsu Nagoya Station are all located next to each other in the ward's Meieki district. Adjoining these train stations are several department stores, including Matsuzakaya, the Meitetsu Department Store and Kintetsu Pass'e. To the west of the station is Nagoya's only Islamic house of worship, the Nagoya Mosque, which was established in 1998. Economy The Central Japan Rail ...
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Hori River (Nagoya)
The flows north to south through Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and is part of the Shōnai River system. History The river is a man-made canal excavated in 1610 by order of Fukushima Masanori to allow ships to bring goods to the city. The river has influenced the lives of citizens so much that it is traditionally called "Mother River". One of the traditional merchant streets at the canal that leads from the castle is Shikemichi. One of the merchant neighbourhoods was Funairi-chō, located south of the castle. In modern times, pollution has slowly damaged the water quality until the 1960s, where it peaked. Recently, citizens began collecting signatures to initiate the Horikawa River 1000-Citizen Survey Network. In September 2003, this proposal was officially adopted. The Horikawa Lions Club and others set out to recruit 1,000 citizens. However, during the two-month application period, they exceeded expectations, receiving applications from 217 individual groups and 2,007 cit ...
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Nagoya Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan. Nagoya Castle was constructed by the Owari Domain in 1612 during the Edo period on the site of an earlier castle of the Oda clan in the Sengoku period. Nagoya Castle was the heart of one of the most important castle towns in Japan, Nagoya-juku, a post station on the Minoji road linking two of the important Edo Five Routes, the Tōkaidō (road), Tōkaidō and the Nakasendō. Nagoya Castle became the core of the modern Nagoya and ownership was transferred to the city by the Imperial Household Ministry in 1930. Nagoya Castle was destroyed in 1945 during the bombing of Nagoya in World War II and the reconstruction and repair of the castle has been undergoing since 1957. ''Meijō'' (名城), another shortform way of pronouncing Nagoya Castle (名古屋城), is used for many Nagoya city institutions such as Meijō Park, the Meijō Line of the Nagoya Municipal Subway, and Meijo University, reflecting the cultural influence of this histo ...
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Machiya
are traditional wooden townhouses found throughout Japan and typified in the historical capital of Kyoto. (townhouses) and (farm dwellings) constitute the two categories of Japanese vernacular architecture known as (folk dwellings). originated as early as the Heian period and continued to develop through to the Edo period and even into the Meiji period. housed urban merchants and craftsmen, a class collectively referred to as (townspeople). The word is written using two kanji: meaning "town", and meaning "house" () or "shop" () depending on the kanji used to express it. in Kyoto, sometimes called , formed the defining characteristic of downtown Kyoto architecture for centuries,Kyoto Center for Community Collaboration (京都市景観・まちづくりセンター)(eds.) ''Machiya Revival in Kyoto'' (京町家の再生). Kyoto: Kyoto Center for Community Collaboration, 2008. p10. representing the standard defining form of the throughout the country. The typical ...
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Bombing Of Nagoya In World War II
The Bombing of Nagoya in World War II by the United States Army Air Forces took place as part of the air raids on Japan during the closing months of the war. History The first strategic bombing attack on Nagoya was on April 18, 1942, as part of the Doolittle Raid. A B-25 bomber targeted the Mitsubishi Aircraft Works, the Matsuhigecho oil warehouse, the Nagoya Castle military barracks, and the Nagoya war industries plant. However, it was not until the aerial attacks of 1944 and 1945 that Nagoya would suffer serious bomb damage. According to the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, during the last 9 months of the Pacific War 14,054 tons of bombs were dropped in precision and area air attacks on the factories and urban areas of Nagoya. No other Japanese city other than Tokyo received as many attacks. The city was attacked 21 times between December 13, 1944 and July 24, 1945. The aim of the attacks was stated as ''"(1) mainly by precision attacks, to wipe out Nagoya's aircr ...
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Meiji-mura
is an open-air architectural museum/theme park in Inuyama, near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, Japan. It was opened on March 18, 1965. The museum preserves historic buildings from Japan's Meiji (1867–1912), Taishō (1912–1926), and early Shōwa (1926–1947) periods. Over 60 historical buildings have been moved and reconstructed onto of rolling hills alongside Lake Iruka. The most noteworthy building there is the reconstructed main entrance and lobby of Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Imperial Hotel, which originally stood in Tokyo from 1923 to 1967, when the main structure was demolished to make way for a new, larger version of the hotel. History The Meiji era was a period of rapid change in Japan. After centuries of isolation, Japan began to incorporate ideas from the west, including building styles and construction techniques. Meiji-mura was started by Yoshirō Taniguchi (谷口 吉郎 Taniguchi Yoshirō 1904–79), an architect, and Motoo Tsuchikawa (土川元夫 ...
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Shikemichi
Shike-michi (四間道) is a small historical street in Nishi-ku, Nagoya in central Japan. History The district was founded for merchants at the time when Nagoya Castle was constructed as the seat of the Owari lords in 1610 CE (Keichō 15), following the move from the town of Kiyosu. The move from Kiyosu to Nagoya was called "Kiyosu goshi". The merchants who lived and worked here in their ''machiya'' houses traded in rice, miso, sake, salt, charcoal and wood. The Hori River was used as a transportation canal and commerce began to flourish. A large fire in 1700, called Genroku-no-Taika, destroyed a large number of merchant houses and 15 temples and shrines in Nagoya. As a result, Tokugawa Yoshimichi, the 4th lord of Owari, decided to widen the back street that runs parallel to the Hori River (Nagoya), Hori Canal. The measurements are four ''ken (architecture), ken'' (shike), which is around 7 metres. The warehouses were constructed with plaster walls on the east side as a protec ...
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Suehiro-chō, Nagoya
Suehiro-chō (末広町) is a historic neighbourhood located in the Naka ward of Nagoya, central Japan. It is where the present Sakae 2-chome, Sakae 3-chome, Ōsu 2-chome, and Osu 3-chome are located. It received its name in Hōei 5. The Suehiro-za (末広座) was a ''kabuki'' theatre located there. It was one of the leading theatres in town. The Wakamiya Hachiman Shrine is also located there. A large festival is held there every May. See also * Funairi-chō, Nagoya Funairi-chō (船入町) is a historic neighbourhood located in the Nakamura ward of Nagoya, central Japan. It was one of the merchant areas, located close to the Hori Canal and south of Nagoya Castle. The translation means a "ship entering town ... References External links Naka-ku, Nagoya Neighbourhoods of Nagoya {{Aichi-geo-stub ...
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